, 1887-05-12
RArTERED INDIANA.
A Camp of Red skins Celebrate and the
Usual Row Occurs.

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| Usual Row Occurs.
Some irresponsible, villain Gus
white man surreptitiously furnished
the Indian occupants OF the camp on
the west side OF Hangman creek g
liberal supply of whisky Thursday
and the result was what might have
been expected, a bit Of q shindy and
a number of bruised and mutilated
bodies. Fortunately in this instance
all the injury was sustained among
the copper hued inebriates and nc
great sym pathy exists over the hur.
rah. Early Thursday several
bucks were seen riding furiously
hOneward, showing evidence Of In.
toxication. Among the occupants Ol
the camp In question Is the notorious
half breed Jackson, who lives with
his mother. Through some unac-
count table cause jackson did not Join
In the carOusal, which was perhaps
fortunate for the balance Of the tribe.
The drunken crowd, consisting of
squaws rs we'll as bucks, held a high
carnival early in the evening and as
jackson IL not prominent and pop
ular factor In the dusky community
the idea prevailed that the time was
ripe for Kidding the camp of his pres
ence. The suggestion was offered at
time when the inhabitants were
we'll primed for devilment and
they waited upon Jackson In 4 body
with the intention OF making 1t warm
for him. Among the leaders of this
committee of publication was one
Louis, from the Little Spokane, u
depOsed chief, who had come oyer
to visit his brethren of the roof paint
dye, and arrived in time to Join the
festivities. The visitors denounced
Mr.. Jackson, reviled him, heaped
upon his head abuse, and threat
ened to feast upon the tenderest
sections OF his internal arrange
ments. They declared 1t their inten.
tion to kill all the white people, and
as Jackson was half white and the
nearest of the detested race within
reach they prepared to commence
operations upon him. William, who
Is one knotty problem of pluck and
unadulterated grit, objected to the
proceedings with a club, laying out
one of the most aggressive visitors.
This cooled the ardor Of the camp
for awhile and appeased the appetite
for blood. jackson knew that this
was not the end. He is too mnch of
an Indian not to understand that Il
little more whisky would elevate
the desire for vengeance and so he
struck out tor town, arriving be-
tween II and 12o'clock. He inform
ed Officers Martin and Fisher of the
condition of affairs down at the camp.
He came to town solely for the pur-
pose of showing the authorities that
he was duly sober, and in case of any
one being hurt he would not be
blamed, and further that should he
be found dead the officers would
know who was responsible for his
death. 1t seems that the Indian
Louis has 1t in for jackson, and the
young man stated that he was the
moving spirit in the row. AS soon
as he had finished his state
ment Jackson coolly returned
sot to camp, "a tbe perfectly y; III, indsr differ
AT 3 o'clock yesterday morning
two Indians rode into town and re-
ported that Jackson had killed two
Of their companions at the camp.
Chief Warren was aroused, but the
trouble being outside of his jurisdic-
ton, Deputy Sheriff Duncan was
called. He drove down to the
camp, in company with Off
GERS Fisher and Martin,
where he found that the couriers
had been somewhat previous in their
record Of deaths. No one was dead,
but one Indian was found with his
head mashed to jelly with very
fiattering prospects of crossing the
divide before the expiration Of the
day. Louis, the central figure of the
rumpus,h had been sent to neighbor-
ing camp with broken arm and di-
verse contusions scattered over the
surface OF his ANATOMY that will have
the effect Of keeping him out of any
more deviltry for several weeks to
come. Besides the two men, sever
al squaws showed the marks Of
severe treatment. Jackson was
found in his tent, monarch of all he
surveyed, calm and collected, with
out scratch and ready for another
dash whenever his colored friends
considered it advisable to take the
lead. jackson returned to the city
with Deputy Duncan, told his story
and as it was evident that he had in
hicted the injury to asSailants of his
own castle he was not placed under
arrest. The sequal to Jackson's visit
to town early Thursday night was
just what he anticipated it would be.
BY the time he reached homo the
community was in excellent shape
to repeat their warlike visit, and
when they intruded upon the privacy
OF Mr.. Jackson the second time there
ensued one of the most cheerful
scirmmages recorded in the annals of
the aborigines of this locality. 1t
was a free fight in which male and
female took an active part. jackson,
armed with short club and a piece
of iron, fought like a tiger, and
when his assailants retreated in dis.
order two of them were left on the
ground for dead, while several
others possessed Jackson's trade
mark. The two Indians who re-